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It is Day 125 of my stash bust. Several projects completed, and one full size quilt. So what’s next? I still have all my scrap blocks on the design wall, and I plan to add to those as the mood takes me. In fact, I think I am going to make some strip squares and […]

Without doubt, my children are the greatest thing I have had a hand in creating, but I have to say that these quilts come a close second. They cannot compete with the perfection of Mother Nature’s work, but I love them nevertheless. They are my homage to the primal love felt by a mother for […]

You know, folk are so talented! I am always amazed that, given similar elements and tools, people turn out such a wide variety of beautiful items, and in particular, quilts! And the fabulous thing about quilting is that there is always another way to learn. Today, by the power of the Web, I am excited […]

To be honest, I’ve always been a little uninspired by patch-working. To my younger self, it seemed so complicated, fiddly, time-consuming and too rigid – all that precise cutting, joining, points, strange names, and terrible dull patterns of the ’70’s. That wasn’t the kind of creative outlet I craved. But fast forward years, and I loved the pretty cotton quilts being sold […]